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Race report: Eighty-One Laps of Dyson Glory While Horta Packs Early

1. That is the number of overall positions Chris Dyson claimed at the end of a grueling, sun-baked afternoon at Sebring International Raceway, bringing his #16 Porsche RS Spyder Evo home after eighty-one laps of absolute mechanical poetry.

While the rest of the paddock slowly tore itself to pieces across the bumpy Florida tarmac, our garage was busy calculating tyre degradation and dodging wandering Brazilian prototypes. If you looked closely at the timing screens during the opening laps, you might have spotted a certain #01 Audi briefly pretending it could lead a race before gravity and common sense caught up with it.

Alan Donatellofson (Crew Chief): Look, the car is fast for about twelve laps if you don't use the brakes, steering, or throttle. Fernando tried to explore uncharted aerodynamic theories in turn one, which mostly involved redistributing carbon fibre across three zip codes. Brilliant strategy if your sponsor is a recycling plant.

Down in the Dyson camp, however, everything went according to plan. Eighty-one laps completed in 2:20:02.216, leaving Gil de Ferran and Peter Kox to fight over the remaining scraps of the podium like stray dogs behind a butcher shop. Meanwhile, Fernando's afternoon came to a screeching halt on lap 13, presumably because he heard the catering tent was serving cold Brahma and lost all professional focus.

Alan Donatellofson (Crew Chief): Did we win? Yes. Did we spend any time inspecting whatever wreckage Horta left on the back straight? Absolutely not, we had champagne to chill and actual racing to finish.

Ps. Wilco

Disclaimer: This is a fictional, satirical report of a offline race against AI-driven opponents. All characters are fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental

Classification

Position	Class		Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Gap	Best Lap
1	LMP2		CHRIS DYSON	2008 DYSON RACING	PORSCHE RS SPYDER EVO	81	2:20:02.216	1:40.387
1	LMP1		GIL DE FERRAN	2009 DE FERRAN RACING	ACURA ARX-02	80	+ 1 LAP	1:41.112
1	GT1		PETER KOX	REITER ENGINEERING	LAMBORGHINI MURCIELAGO R-GT	80	+ 1 LAP	1:40.314
2	LMP2		STUART MOSELEY	2007 TEAM BRUICHLADDICH	RADICAL SR9	79	+ 2 LAPS	1:42.844
2	GT1		RICKARD RYDELL	2007 AM RACING	ASTON DBR9	79	+ 2 LAPS	1:42.266
2	LMP1		BRYAN WILLMAN	2009 AUTOCON MOTORSPORTS	LOLA B06/10	78	+ 3 LAPS	1:42.095
3	LMP1		BRIAN MORETTI	1998 MORETTI RACING	FERRARI 333 SP	78	+ 3 LAPS	1:41.489
3	LMP2		GUNNAR VAN DER STEUR	2009 VAN DER STEUR	RADICAL SR9	78	+ 3 LAPS	1:43.411
3	GT1		PHIL HOOKS	2008 HOWARD BOSS	MC12	78	+ 3 LAPS	1:42.615
1	GTC		MARTIN SNOW	2009 SNOW RACING	ALMS CHALLENGE	76	+ 5 LAPS	1:43.760
4	LMP1		CLINT FIELD	2009 INTERSPORT RACING	LOLA B06/10	61	DNF (Collision)	1:42.680
5	LMP1		FERNANDO HORTA	2007 AUDI SPORT N.AMERICA	AUDI R10	13	DNF	1:43.998

Fastest Lap Progression

Every time the race's fastest lap was beaten, from lap 2 (lap 1 is a standing start).

Qualifying

Qualifying times as the race log recorded them.

Lap Chart

Position at the end of every lap, FERNANDO HORTA highlighted. Hover a line or a name to follow a driver, click or tap to keep it highlighted; dashed lines are cars that retired.

Leaders

7 lead changes over 81 laps.

Gaps

Time behind at the end of every lap. The scale stops at about one lap (1:49.758): lines break where a car drops further back. Hover or tap a line to follow a driver.

Lap by Lap

Each lap's notable moments, quiet stretches grouped; tap a row for the full order with lap times and gaps. The logs don't record pit stops: they're worked out from lap times (here a stop cost about 69 s, most of them on laps 4–10), so a spin that costs as much time can read as one.

Related Images

2007 Audi Sport N.america, Audi R10 #7001, Driven By Fernando Horta

2007 Am Racing, Aston Dbr9 #7009, Driven By Rickard Rydell

2007 Team Bruichladdich, Radical Sr9 #7021, Driven By Stuart Moseley

2008 Howard Boss, Mc12 #8004, Driven By Phil Hooks

2008 Dyson Racing, Porsche Rs Spyder Evo #8016, Driven By Chris Dyson

2009 Autocon Motorsports, Lola B06/10 #9012, Driven By Bryan Willman

2009 Van Der Steur, Radical Sr9 #9019, Driven By Gunnar Van Der Steur

2009 Intersport Racing, Lola B06/10 #9037, Driven By Clint Field

2009 Snow Racing, Alms Challenge #9057, Driven By Martin Snow

2009 De Ferran Racing, Acura Arx-02 #9066, Driven By Gil De Ferran

1998 Moretti Racing, Ferrari 333 Sp #98003, Driven By Brian Moretti

Sebring International Raceway